Bottle-cover holder



w. H. LE MASS ENA BOTTLE COVER HOLDER Nov. 17, 1925. 1,562,102-

Filed Jan. 23. 1925 20 INVENTOR.

A TTORNE Y5.

Patented'Nov. 17, 1925.

UNITED-STATES" WILLIAM H. LE MASSENA, OF GilEN RIDGE, NEW JERSEY.

BOTTLE-COVER HOLDER.

Application filed January 23, 1925. Serial No. 4,143.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IVILLIAM I-I. Ln MAS; ,sE-NA', a citizen of the United States, residing at Glen Ridge, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented oer-- tain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Cover Holders, of which the tollowing 18 21. specification.

My present invention relates to devices by which covers, such as are commonly placed over the tops of milk bottlesand similar containers, may be held in place on the bottle. One of the objects of my invention is to provide such a holder which can be readilyremoved. i

,My invention will be best understood from the following description and the annexed drawings, in which Fig; 1 shows a well-known type of milk bottle with a cover 2 inplace and with one of the embodiments v of my invention holding the cover, the cover and holding device being shown in section; Fig. 2 is a plan View of the holder of Fig.

1 beforethe holder is closedinto its .hOlding position Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is another embodi ment of my invention, with the holder in provided with a cap 12 and a cover 13 of paper or the like extending over the'top of the bottle and having its skirts extending down below the lower part of the enlarge ment 11.

Heretofore it has been usual to hold the skirts of the cover 13 against the bottle by means of a wire ring which is made large enough to pass over the top 11 and is then gripped to hold the skirts of the cover 13 against the bottle. I

This form of holder, however, is objectionable becauseit is diflicult to remove it, the user ordinarily pressing the holding Wire down below the bottom of the skirt of the holder 13 and necessitating the breaking and removal of this wire, holder before the bottle is used again. Moreover, this slipping down of the holder is in some instances difiicult, especially if breaking.

the holder is pressed tightly against the skirt of the cover. k

Instead of the arrangement "just described, I provide a continuous metallic ring which is usually circular in plan, with the diameter ,of this circular portion large enough to permit the ring to be passed over the top of the bottle. The ring, is also provided with a portion bent outwardly from the main circular portion in such a way that this bend is the beginning of a fold which may be produced in the ring, which told is arranged in such manner that the periphery ofthe generally circular por-, tion will be reduced in length sufficient to '70 draw the wire against the skirt of the cover l3.

. appropriate tool, the portion 15 is bent back around the point 18,.and this'will carry the portion 15 into a fold which will-draw the portion 16 in such'manner as to shorten the circular portion 14."

If desired, the holder could be opened by grasping the told 15, 16, as shown inqFig. 3; and rotating it, around the point 18, when the parts would be restored more or less approximately to the position shown in Fig. 2, so that the holder could be removed from the bottle or atleast readily slipped down- Y Ward further over the neck of the,bottle. Preferably, however, I arrange theholder in such manner'that when the fold 15, 16 is bent outward, to its initial position, the wire will break at about the point 18, so

that the holder will beremoved .from the bottle.

As a means to this end, I provide the wire of the holder with aslight nick 19 oppo-- site the point 18 and on the outer "side of. the wire. As the wire is folded from the position of Fig. 2 to that of Fig. 3, the wire will bend around the point 18 without On the other hand, if the fold 1 15,- 16is grasped in Fig. 3 and turned counter-clockwise around the point 18, the nick 19 will cause the wire to break at 18 after a relatively slight motion is given to the fold 15, 16. Thus the user can readily break and thus remove the holder from the bottle.

It will be' understood, of course, that a number of nicks 19 may beapplied in the vicinity of the point 18 so as to insure one of them being at the bending point of the wire;

Iii the arrangement of Fig. 4, I have provided a generally circular portion 20, having an outwardly extending portion comprising a part 21 bent around .the point 22 and a part 23 bent around the point 24, the parts 21' and 23 being connected by a straight portion 25. As before, a nick 26 maybe used'opposite the point 22 and a nick 27 opposite the point 24.

After the holder of Fig. 4 is in operating position, the points 22 and 24 are carried toward each other by pressure against the parts 21 and 23 with any appropriate tool,

thus reducing the periphery of the normally circular portion 20 until it closes on the skirt of the holder 13, the parts 21, 23 and 25 forming a double fold, as. shown in i.5. In this form of my invention, an outward bend of either one of the folds will cause a breakage of the wire at the appropriate nick.- I i lVhile I have shown the wire which I propose using as cireularin cross-section, it will be'understood that it may be of any desired cross-section. It will also be understood thatcwhile I have shown a 'holder formed of wire preferably made in a continuous ring by welding the ends together, such continuous ring may; be formed by i twisting the'en'ds together orby fastening them in any other desired manner, since the method of connecting the ends to form a continuous ring is no part of my present invention.

In the foregoing specification and in the appended claims, I use the word fold in its usual meaning ofa double or bend in which the parts on either side of the line'of bending are'brought near together.

It will also be understood that the arrangements which I have shown are merely illustrative'and that the embodiment thereof may be widely varied in form. Thus,-while the advantages of my invention may be obtained by a simple bend instead of a fold.

I claim:

1. A holder for a bottle cover, comprising a continuous ring of metal wire having a bend in the wire with thebent portion making an angle of at least 90 with the ring port-ion when the ring is drawn into holding position, said wire having a nick in one side thereof at the junction of "the bent portion and the ring. portion and positioned to be opened when the bend is straightened, whereby the wire will be broken when the bend is restored to its original position before the wire was bent.

2. A holder for a bottle cover, comprising a continuousring of metal wire having a fold therein in the plane of the ring when the ring is drawn into holding position, the

portionsof the wire at either side of thepoint' of bending extending substantially parallel with each other and close together,

said wire having a nick in one sideof the wire at the abrupt bend of the fold, wherebythe wirewill be broken when the bent to open the fold.

3. A holder for a bottle covr, comprising a continuous ring of metal wire having a double fold therein when the ring is wire is redrawn into holding position, the portions will be broken when the wire in either fold,

is rebent to open the fold.

4. A holder for a cover for a bottle having a top larger than the neck to be clasped by the holder,-comprising a continuous generally circular ring of metal wire having an ,internal area large enough to permit the holder to pass over the bottle top, with a part of the wire bent away from the main portion of the ring and a nick in the outside of the wire at the abrupt bend of the fold.

WILLIAM H. LE MA SSENA. 

